 Michigan Lean Consortium |
Meet the Board of Directors NomineesWe’re pleased to introduce the nominees for the 2027 Michigan Lean Consortium (MLC) Board of Directors. All current MLC members are invited to cast their vote on the proposed slate of nominees. If elected, board members will serve a three year term. Members will receive an email with detailed voting instructions. If you are a current member and did not receive this communication, please contact admin@michiganlean.org for assistance.
Dr. Patricia Malone Principal & Founder, Enhance C-Suite Current Board Member Dr. Patricia Malone is a CPA, CMA and Certified Professional Facilitator. She works primarily with organizations and individuals to help them reach their highest potential through the practices of organization development, strategy facilitation, leadership, and operational excellence. She has served as CFO, COO, and SR Transformation leader in both small and large private equity and publicly held organizations and has worked with teams all over the world to develop strategy, streamline and manage business processes, facilitate, and implement lean projects, and create and manage operational excellence programs. Dr. Malone’s dissertation research was focused on developing a theory and emergent framework of creating strategic capacity, which is defined as the ability of an organization or individual to obtain their vision, mission, and goals. To that end, she helps individuals and organizations create purpose and meaningful results for positive change. She earned a Doctorate in Business (DBA) from Lawrence Technological Institute, an MBA in Finance and Marketing from The Ohio State University, and a BA in Accounting and Finance from Wright State University. In her free time, she adventures with her husband of 25 years and her two children, bikes, meditates, gardens, and hikes.
Josh Smith Director of Operational Excellence at Zeeland Farm Services, Inc Current Board Member Josh Smith lives in Holland, Michigan with his wife, Samantha, who teaches 3rd grade, and their two sons; Hudson and Gordon. They are his world! They also have a chocolate lab named Maizey who is great playmate for the kids! Josh is currently working at ZFS as the Director of Operational Excellence. Josh has been with ZFS since early 2020. Prior to that, he worked at US Marble, where he was introduced to Lean manufacturing and helped champion Lean implementations in multiple stone and marble manufacturing plants throughout the US. Josh graduated from Ferris State University with a BA in Science-Integrative Studies. He is also a certified Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt. Josh grew up on a small dairy farm in Morley, Michigan. He is an avid sports fan and very passionate about his teams – GO BLUE! Josh is a firm believer that the Tigers will someday make the world series again – and hopes he lives to see that day! Josh is also on the board of directors for the Zeeland Little League and he coaches baseball during the spring/summer seasons. | Board of Directors Position DescriptionsInterested in seeing what each Board Member does? Check out the following position descriptions. These descriptions are working documents and subject to change.
Note: If elected, new members will work with existing board members to determine their position. |
